Opinion: Accountability

What headteachers mean when they say headship has changed

It’s time policy makers and accountability caught up with the new reality of headship, explains Sam Strickland, so here’s...

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Sam Strickland
Opinion: Accountability

What East of England school leaders are saying about Ofsted

The Suffolk Primary Heads' Association's research reveals some pretty damning feedback about Ofsted's framework and inspections, says Rebecca Leek

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Rebecca Leek
Opinion: Accountability

Accountability must focus more on improving and less on approving

The thinking that brought about our current accountability system can’t get us out of the problems it has caused,...

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Les Walton
Opinion: Accountability

Heads’ sharp practices to game Ofsted only raise the stakes

Analysing website traffic to predict Ofsted visits is only the latest form of gaming the system - and such...

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Seamus Murphy
Opinion: Accountability

Spielman’s offer changes nothing for first and infant schools

Amanda Spielman’s plans to improve inspection are deaf to the framework’s inherent inequity and fall well short of what...

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David Scott
Opinion: Accountability

High stakes? The fault is not in Ofsted but in ourselves

The biggest problem with Ofsted is the weight we attach to its reports, writes Hugh Greenway, and that’s within...

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Hugh Greenway
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted: A better system is possible and the DfE knows it

Colin Diamond sets out what the DfE might do to bring school inspection in line with high-performing systems –...

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Colin Diamond
Opinion: Accountability

How can partnerships prosper in a competitive system?

New research highlights how local collaborations can work for all students in spite of competition and fragmentation, explain Mel...

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Mel Ainscow and Paul Armstrong
Opinion: Accountability

Why we’ve ditched the grades from SIAMS inspections

Margaret James explains the decision to remove grades from the SIAMS inspection framework in a move described as ‘radically...

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Margaret James